Improvement in corsets



Patented Oct. i, 1872.

IN V E N TOR..

` T. s.; GILBERT.

Corsets.

WHNESSES. mf

UNITED STATES THOMAS S. GILERT, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

HIMPFIOVEMEBIT IN coRSETs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,873, dated October1, 1872.

sists in combining with a corset, cut substantially as specified, one ormore circumferential y strips, constituting ligatures, passingirregularly around the corset, serving to strengthen and sustain it atthe necessary points, soas to produce a perfect-t. By these means I amenabled to produce an article equal in all prac! tical respects to thezone-corset which is now iny common use, with less expenditure either inmaterial or labor.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a front view of my improvedcorset; and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the inner side of one-halfthereof.

`Each side or member of the corset is made up of two pieces, A and B,united by a seam at C, below the waist, the said parts A and B being cutin the shape represented, so that the lower part may have the necessary7downward expansion, while the main portion from the top to the waist istapered downward. On the i shape in use, and in addition to ithis havean ornamental and tasteful appearance. The lower strip E covers the seamC, and the addition of the upper strip D, applied as shown, may give thegarment precisely the appearance of a zone-corset. The vertical pocketsF to receive the bones may be made in the manner described in my patentof August 1Q, 1869,- or in any other suitable manner.

I do not cla-im broadly making a corset in two parts united by ahorizontal seam; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A zone7 corset, the sides or members of which are each made of twopieces united by Va seam, C, at the lower edge of the zonef said seambeing covered by a strengthening strip or tape, E, and an additionalstrip or tape, D, being applied in ah position corresponding to theupper edge of the Zone, as herein shown and described.

" THOMAS 4S. GILBERT. Witnesses:

DAVID ToREANcE, ABIJAII H. GILBERT.

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